#85

Maurice Ways

Wide receiver for California. 2018: 34 catches, 383 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · California · #85

6′3″ · 215 lb · Beverly Hills, MI

California 2018 alumnus

The story

2018 wide receiver for California. 2018: 34 catches, 383 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at California, 454 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 97 yds at Arizona.Arizona · L 17-242018

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Sonny Dykes

California

2017–2018

Justin Wilcox

California

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#230 / 550 · 58th pct

Rec yards#289 / 550 · 47th pct

383

Long catch#344 / 550 · 36th pct

Yards / catch#391 / 550 · 28th pct

11.3

Rec TDs#384 / 550 · 22nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.6	26.0	11.4	0.1
Road5g	3.2	40.2	12.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	34.8	11.6	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	29.0	11.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	California	34	383	11.3	1	--
2017	Michigan	3	7	2.3	0	--
2016	Michigan	2	24	12.0	0	--
2015	Michigan	3	40	13.3	0	--
Career		42	454	10.8	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2018

W 12–10

vs Washington

2 rec · 25 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With S. Coutts — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · C. Garbers — 153 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 2 rush yds (10 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 24-17vs North Carolina	1	23	23.0	0	23
Wk 3	W 45-23vs Idaho State	3	22	7.3	0	8
Wk 5	L 24-42vs Oregon	2	18	9.0	0	13
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Arizona	8	97	12.1	0	41	Season-high 97 yds
Wk 7	L 7-37vs UCLA	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 8	W 49-7@ Oregon State	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 9	W 12-10vs Washington	2	25	12.5	0	16
Wk 10	L 13-19@ Washington State	3	46	15.3	0	35
Wk 11	W 15-14@ USC	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 13	W 33-21vs Colorado	3	43	14.3	1	30
Wk 14	L 13-23vs Stanford	5	39	7.8	0	12
Bowl	L 7-10@ TCU	3	37	12.3	0	22
Total		34	383	11.7	1	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology